Gamogenetic

/ɡæmoʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or produced by gamogenesis; describing processes involving the creation or development of sex cells.

Etymology

From 'gamogenesis' + '-ic' suffix. Technical adjective developed in late 19th/early 20th-century biology.

Kelly Says

Gamogenetic mutations—random copying errors during sex cell creation—are how new traits suddenly appear in families and drive evolutionary diversity.

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